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  • But most developers since the 2006 Supreme Court decision still ended up needing them, according to Jay Field, spokesman for the engineer corps's Los Angeles District.

    A River Really Runs Through It 2010

  • Garrett said things have improved in recent weeks, particularly with the press corps's willingness to challenge Gibbs's statements on the oil spill, and other White House correspondents I spoke to agreed.

    Why we'll miss Helen Thomas Jon Ward 2010

  • The judge awarded around $700,000 to six plaintiffs, saying the corps's negligence and shortsightedness in maintaining a key shipping channel actually led to the tragedy.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2009 2009

  • One of the corps's many "bravery exercises" involves sneaking across the demilitarized zone to grab a sign or other souvenir from the South.

    Warriors From The North 2007

  • The attorney, David Brahms, a retired brigadier general who was the corps's top lawyer in the 1980s, says, "There are some startling things that are going to come out down the road and not from the mouths of the Pentagon."

    Probing Bloodbath 2007

  • CALLEBS: Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is critical of the corps's work, accusing it of dragging its heels and watering down its recommendations to save money.

    CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2006 2006

  • On April 5th, FEMA said it assigned about $4 billion to the corps, but two days later the corps's own record showed it was obligated to pay out a full billion dollars less.

    CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2006 2006

  • Members of the team said the corps's problems were so pronounced that its earliest efforts to patch five levee breaches were inadequate and had to be redone after an urgent appeal by outside engineers...

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • Members of the team said the corps's problems were so pronounced that its earliest efforts to patch five levee breaches were inadequate and had to be redone after an urgent appeal by outside engineers...

    Your Right Hand Thief 2005

  • The traditional old time journalists, hard drinking, womanizing -- that image was still very much a part of the press corps's theme.

    Fighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television News 1991

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